My French is old, but as I remember, the first is the masculine form and the second is the feminine form. vicki -----Original Message----- From: ray [mailto:restraile@talon.net] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:19 PM To: CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CROATIA-L] born as Any French speaking members, My question is: what is the correct way to use the French term for "born". Is it nee, ne, né or née? I have seen it used all four ways, but only one can be correct. My cheapie French dictionary says "né". My expensive English dictionary says "née". Sort of confusing. ray All OUTGOING mail from this address has been scanned PRIOR to sending, by Norton AV--2000